Greystones Blackouts

essoII · 14-11-2006, 21:55

Was anyone else affected last night? (13th Nov), the entire town apart from one estate had no power for two hours (in the dark!) I've never seen anything go so dark in my life. The street lights and traffic lights were gone, was deadly

Only power in the center of town on line was the DART power lines of course, the station was affected though, ticket machines and the station lights turned off, obviously these are ESB powered. Thankfully power came back on after 2 and a half hours though, only light we had was candles, it was actually quite cool...

PaulM · 14-11-2006, 22:22

I haven't seen a blackout in years. Last one I remember was when I was living in Maynooth, 6 years ago now, everything was so dark and there was a horrible orange glow coming from Dublin.

Thomas J Stamp · 15-11-2006, 10:48

We get them quite a lot down in Tipp, usually when there are thunderstorms and the like, but funnily enough we had one on Halloween

14-11-2006, 21:55	#1
essoII Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Co. Wicklow Posts: 124	Greystones Blackouts Was anyone else affected last night? (13th Nov), the entire town apart from one estate had no power for two hours (in the dark!) I've never seen anything go so dark in my life. The street lights and traffic lights were gone, was deadly Only power in the center of town on line was the DART power lines of course, the station was affected though, ticket machines and the station lights turned off, obviously these are ESB powered. Thankfully power came back on after 2 and a half hours though, only light we had was candles, it was actually quite cool...

15-11-2006, 10:48	#3
Thomas J Stamp Chairman/Publicity Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Home of Hurling Posts: 2,708	We get them quite a lot down in Tipp, usually when there are thunderstorms and the like, but funnily enough we had one on Halloween __________________ We are the passengers

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14-11-2006, 22:22	#2
PaulM Really Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 826	I haven't seen a blackout in years. Last one I remember was when I was living in Maynooth, 6 years ago now, everything was so dark and there was a horrible orange glow coming from Dublin.